Youtube Transcript Scraper

Extract video transcripts/captions from YouTube videos with timestamps. Get auto-generated or manual captions in multiple languages.

Features

• 📝 Extract full video transcripts with timestamps
• 🌍 Support for multiple languages (en, es, fr, hi, etc.)
• 🔗 Accept video IDs or full YouTube URLs
• ⚡ Fast batch processing
• 💾 Clean, structured JSON output

Input

{
  "type": "video_transcript",
  "videoIds": ["arj7oStGLkU", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"],
  "lang": "en",
  "geo": "US",
  "maxItem": 100
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
type	string	Yes	Must be "video_transcript"
videoIds	array	Yes	Array of video IDs or URLs
lang	string	No	Language code (e.g., "en", "es", "fr"). Default: "en"
params	string	No	Special parameters for transcript endpoints
geo	string	No	Country code (ISO 3166-2). Default: "US"
maxItem	number	No	Maximum videos to process. Default: 100

Output

{
  "videoId": "arj7oStGLkU",
  "lang": "en",
  "transcript": [
    {
      "text": "Hello everyone",
      "start": 0.0,
      "duration": 2.5
    },
    {
      "text": "Welcome to this video",
      "start": 2.5,
      "duration": 3.0
    }
  ],
  "duration": 600,
  "metadata": {
    "videoTitle": "Sample Video",
    "channelName": "Sample Channel"
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2025-12-13T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Use Cases

• 📚 Content Analysis - Analyze video content and topics
• 🔍 Search & Discovery - Make videos searchable by transcript
• 📄 Documentation - Create written documentation from videos
• 🌐 Translation - Get base text for translation services
• 🎓 Education - Generate study materials from lectures
• ♿ Accessibility - Create captions for accessibility

Pricing

• Free tier: 100 transcripts per run
• Paid tier: Unlimited transcripts

Examples

Basic Usage

{
  "type": "video_transcript",
  "videoIds": ["arj7oStGLkU"]
}

Multiple Videos with Spanish Language

{
  "type": "video_transcript",
  "videoIds": ["arj7oStGLkU", "dQw4w9WgXcQ", "jNQXAC9IVRw"],
  "lang": "es"
}

Using Full URLs

{
  "type": "video_transcript",
  "videoIds": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU",
    "https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ"
  ]
}

Supported Languages

Common language codes:

• en - English
• es - Spanish
• fr - French
• de - German
• hi - Hindi
• ja - Japanese
• ko - Korean
• pt - Portuguese
• ru - Russian
• zh - Chinese

Notes

• Not all videos have transcripts available
• Auto-generated transcripts may have accuracy issues
• Manual captions (when available) are more accurate
• Transcript availability depends on video uploader settings

Support

For issues or questions, please contact support or open an issue on GitHub.